This verdict comes after a river lawsuit filed against the Nobel Peace Prize winner under house arrest since the February 1 coup, which put an abrupt end to the democratic transition underway since 2010.
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A Burmese court on Monday (December 6th) sentenced former civilian government chief Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison for inciting public unrest and violating Covid-related health rules, a spokesperson for the United Nations said. junta.
The Nobel Peace Prize, overthrown by the army in February, “was sentenced to two years in prison under section 505 (b) and two years in prison under the Natural Disasters Act”said Zaw Min Tun.
Former President Win Myint was given the same sentence, he said, adding that they would not be taken to jail for the time being. “They will face further charges from the places where they are currently staying” in the capital Naypyidaw, he added, without giving further details.
76-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since generals overthrew her government in the early hours of February 1, ending a brief democratic hiatus in Burma.
The junta has regularly accumulated charges against it, including violation of the Law on Official Secrets, Corruption and Electoral Fraud. She faces decades in prison if convicted on all counts.
Journalists are prohibited from attending special court proceedings in the military-built capital, and Aung Suu Kyi’s lawyers were recently banned from speaking to the media. According to a local rights-based NGO, more than 1,300 people have been killed and more than 10,000 arrested as part of the crackdown on dissent since the coup.